Billiken Law Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Beat Elon 73-62 (could have used Bryce) Lost to SLU - 68-58 (led at half by one) Lost to UMKC 81-68 (trailed entire game) Lost to SIUC - 74-65 (trailed by 19 at the half) Lost to Indiana in OT - 70-68 Beat Wake Forest - 77-75 (last second 30 footer to win) Lost to Cal - 83-75 (trailed entire game) They play LoRo's Huskies tonight. UW beat EA Sports last week 89-78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 They must have different sets of players playing each night. We didn't see the worlds oldest active (chuncky) point guard except at half time. Did the same players that we beat lose to UMKC or did we get the Wake beating variety? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 i think according to that little brochure they handed out before the game that the real core and vast majority of the roster goes unchanged each game. now they may take turns in pt though. we dont know that. i know i read in the wake summary all the same names that played us. so i think at least wake played our team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 whether a player or two are missing from time to time I don't know. I do know we got Joe Crispen on his first game with the team and he was noticeably rusty. Still, they are a competitive team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted November 11, 2003 Author Share Posted November 11, 2003 You are correct, only 1 team. EA Sports has a couple different teams but according to the AIA website it's the same team that plays night in and night out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alameda bob Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Sorry folks, I missed the game last night. Here is the report http://calbears.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/s.../111003aaa.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikan Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I passed on your comments the last time re the AIA game and the team but now I just have to reply. Why is it that you assume that the Bills must have beaten a bad team and the others played a better team? The fact is that there is only one AIA team and we saw their stars. The reason they looked "rusty" as one person put it is because our defense was outstanding. We pressured the guards relentlessly and fought over the screens. Sears got only 5 shots even though he was setting up way outside. Why can't you for once give our Bills some credit--note the high scores for AIA in other games--the reason is simple--we defend as well as anyone. We were sloppy on offense but we scored enough to win. We can play better. How about some positives for a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 1 team, and all the guys play close to every game. The little fat guy is funny. What is he 5'9 220. He got heavy minutes a couple years ago but now appears to be some sort of player/coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I was just wondering if there was some kind of player rotation or playing down to the level of the opponent. Ususally, teams that get punked by UMKC will not take Indiana to overtime or beat Wake Forest. I do give the Bills credit for the victory. I just wonder how much credit to give them. If you haven't seen the Bills destroy two exhibition teams and then have a losing season you haven't been watching very long. I'm sorry for offending your tender sensibilities by questioning just how good the AIA team is. I was not being negative. Keep your fangs in till Triangle and Too gets out of therapy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Not that I've seen that many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikan Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I think "bite me" is a good indication of who might have tender sensibilities. I have seen us beat exhibition teams and then lose game when they count. It could happen again. But I saw this team and it had some talented players that we shut down with our defense. If not defended correctly I think that AIA team could beat a lot of teams on a given night--i.e. Indiana and Wake Forest. I am just frustrated by your assumption that if we beat them then it must be a different team that beat Wake and took Indiana to overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 For all the joking about that guy, if I remember correctly he had a huge game against us couple years ago when we lost to AIA. I just remember him and another guy of similar size making an extremely high percentage of 3 pointers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I was being serious. He surprised my by being an athletic 220 pounder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Relax dude! I was weighing Wake Forest vs the fighting Roos of UMKC. If you don't wonder about how good the exhibition competition is, beating NBC Thunder by 20 and breaking 100 against the Cal Allstars and then losing to LA Tech must've just blown your mind! Being happy that a team we beat went on to beat Wake or take Indy to the buzzer is fine. I'm happy with our performance as well! I'd like to think that a team the would knock off Wake could beat the hell out of UMKC. They did not and as such I'll reserve judgement on just how good we can be this year for a while. If that troubles you, tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 when I read the comment asking whether or not this was the same team I just assumed he figured it was similar to squads like EA All-Stars, Team Nike, etc. who have many teams to play regionally. Seriously, seeing that the same team lost to UMKC Roos but beat Wake and Indiana makes one wonder if there are multiple teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 About freakin Exb games and who the Exb teams beat or did not beat. They are strictly put on to get some of the bugs out before the real games that count. I would never think that beating an Exb team would be a solid preview to how the rest of the season would fare for our Billikens. I'm only concerned with what we do once the ball is thrown up for real the first time. What the heck, I do enjoy reading a p!ssing contest here every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I agree. I do remember getting stoked about breaking 100 in that Cal allstars game though. Then I wanted to off myself after the LA Tech loss. In any case I was seriously asking a question which occured to me because of the vastly different results seen in their games. I was not intending to start any contests with my comments. Once invited though, I'll slug it out with anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Rich, I agree - I think it was a fair assumption. As far as picking out the negatives, I think everyone does that as much as the positives. If this board only posted positive comments, then we'd only have half the threads posted. Disagreements, comments, and differing opinions is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 ...but way less than half the posts. That is, I think more than half of the topics start out positive (or neutral), but the ones that really fuel discussion are negative. It's a fact of life that content people have little say and unhappy people spend much time griping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I think you are right on. Actually, now that I think about it, there are a lot neutral ones as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 maybe it adds sensibility to a theory i have always believed that in reality, after the first 10 teams or so, there isnt much difference between the next 70-80 teams. on a given night that 80 team will beat that 15. maybe umkc is a little better than what people give credit, and maybe the mighty wake isnt as good as people give credit. unfortunately, just being in their respective conferences will make it appear each year as though umkc doesnt belong in the same sentence as wake. another reason everybody should be in the ncaa tourney not just the pretend top 65. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 ... of Belleville fame, would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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